Magnolia Pictures has bought the North American rights to Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” at the European Film Market. The film was acquired through a seven-figure deal with sales outfit Trust Nordisk. The film features a cast that includes Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan Skarsgard & Udo Kier. Dunst & Gainsbourg play sisters whose lives are drifting apart as the world is on the brink of Armageddon. The deal was negotiated at the Berlinale by Magnolia’s Tom Quinn & Dori Begley with Trust Nordisk’s Peter Aalbaek Jensen & Susan Wendt.